Lyrebird and Lamb Quilt Designs

Thursday, November 6, 2014

I've been enjoying myself lately by making sample quilts for Ella Blue Fabrics, and using the lovely fabric ranges "Nellie Hill" and "Folk Festival" by Rosalie Quinlan.

"Carousel"

I have made this quilt called, "Carousel" and is a simple churn dash quilt with strippy scrappy borders, and I'm in the process of writing a pattern for those of you that want to make your own, this should be ready to be released in December.

"Fresh Fraise"

I have also made this quilt which is a pattern by Michelle Marvig, called "Fresh Fraise", and it uses the Strawberry Template, both are available through the Ella Blue Team!!

"Confetti"

This is my quilt called "Confetti" using all the fabrics from the Nellie Hill range and using a light grey homespun as the background fabric. It has created a soft and feminine look to this fabric range. I am in the process of writing a pattern for this quilt too, due out in December.

"Home Sweet Home"

Then I decided to make a little girlie quilt using just the pink fabrics from this range and featured a few of the little houses into the panels.

I have loved making these quilts and it's been a real pleasure working with the Ella Blue Team!!

Monday, October 27, 2014

I am so excited that this year I have a few quilts going to Quilt Market with the Ella Blue Fabrics Team.

I have been busy making quilts for the talented Rosalie Quinlan using her new fabric line "Chirpy Lola" to showcase her fabrics at Market this October.

This one is "Lola's Garden", and the pattern I used was Cindy Lammon's Garden Lattice quilt, from her book 'Simply Modern Christmas'. I have made this quilt three times now and it is a quick, easy and a great quilt to show off a full range of fabrics.

"Lola's Garden"

And this quilt is my own version of a quilt that I saw and re-worked, this one is called "Freyja's Flower Patch", a little bit trickier to master but a great quilt to make. Pattern will be released in December, ready for Christmas.

"Freyja's Flower Garden"

And now a couple of photos from the Ella Blue Fabrics booth at Quilt Market Houston 2014

Congratulations to the whole team at Quilt Market this year, the booth looks amazing and I have truly loved making quilts for this amazing Aussie Team!!

Thursday, July 10, 2014

Is the world of blogging coming to an end, with the introduction of Instagram? I hope not, I love spending lazy days reading through my favourite blogs, to see what people are up to and looking at inspiring quilts and who has made what and how they were created.

I absolutely love Instagram, and it is my daily quilting fix, as I pour over photos of quilts, fabrics and family snapshots, and be totally inspired for the day, sometimes it even gets me out of bed and onto the sewing machine, but I still find that blogs give you a greater look into what someone is creating. You can add lots more photos and heaps more writing and notes, it is more like a journal. So I will do both!

I must admit I have been pretty lazy when it I come to my own blog, so I thought today as I'm home sick that I would freshen it up and give it a face-lift. Ive kept it pretty basic, just focusing on what I believe is important to me, and to you the reader. Here you will find snapshots of quilts that I'm working on at the moment and pictures of beautiful fabrics.

I have also included in the sidebar a quote of the day (which may end up being monthly, knowing me!!) I have also included my favourite blogs, which I'm sure there are many more to add. I am also thinking of doing a favourite of the month, be it a store, a blog, an Instagram link or whatever, one that has inspired me and I hope will inspire you!!

To those that blog regularly, please keep it up, as you offer wonderful inspiration everyday!

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Hi Everyone!!Well I haven't been around much lately, but for those that follow me on Instagram = (lyrebird_lamb), you'll know that I have been busy preparing for the arrival of my first grandson.

I have been making quilts and clothes, sheets and quilts, bunting and all sorts of fun baby goodies.

I have also held a baby shower for my daughter and organised everything for this event, from cupcakes to sausage rolls and lollies and of course the cake!! We even had a competition on who could create the cutest onesie!!

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We have had a fun few weeks..... and then he arrived....early!!

Welcome to my grandson "ALARIC MANNAN".... born on Christmas Eve, 24th December at 1.45am weighing in at 7lb 8oz. So Proud!!

I was with my daughter Hannah throughout the whole labour and watching your daughter in that much pain is one of the hardest things I have ever had to do. And then after 12 hours of established labour, a Caesarean was necessary for both mother and baby. I was there to cut the cord and to bring baby over for his first cuddle with mum... Such a beautiful moment in time...

Life is finally returning to normal....just....we are still having sleepless nights!! But...

I promise I will try and post more regularly than I have and let you into my world of quilting and life!!

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

You may have thought by now, that I had left the country or something, as I haven't posted on my blog for so long, but the truth is my daughter's computer broke, so being great parents, we gave her ours (my husband's and mine!!),to use, so she could watch movies and keep in contact with friends, and we both have IPads that we use.

BUT, while I could write on my blog, my Ipad would not let me upload photos to add to my blog, so I gave up for awhile...but today I really needed to get on a REAL computer to pay the bills, so I thought I would steal 5 mintues to blog and let you know whats happening in my life.

EXCITING NEWS!!

I'm going to be a Grandma, yes, I'm 46, and going to be a nana!! I'm so excited!! Can you tell!!

My youngest daughter (the one who has our computer) is having a baby!! She is due in January and will be living with us, which is fine by me as I will get to cuddle and love this baby everyday. (There's a long hard story behind the scenes, but all will be okay in the long run.) OH! And she's having a BOY!!

So I have been stitching things for her room, and for the new little baby, as they will be sharing a bedroom. Here are some of the things I've been stitching...

I recently re-painted her bedroom gray with white trims, and we have added splashes of red and aqua. So my version of the 'Pinwheels' quilt looks perfect hanging over the cot. My daughter has her 'Scoot' quilt on her bed.

We are still in the process of making some new cot sheets and baby clothes, but I'm having fun making all those little things again!!

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

After seeing many of my "Instagram' friends making this quilt, I decided to give it a try, if nothing else it would use up some of my scraps from my stash.

So I challenged myself to the task, and made myself make each block totally different, I was not to use the same fabric twice - even with the large amount of fabrics I had, it was still difficult as I still had to make the fabrics work together.

I firstly made piles of fabrics that I wanted to use, then put them together in sets of six fabrics, that blended together nicely!! Then I had to cut a 16" strip from each fabric; stitch them together, crosscut, unpick and restitch, until I had 36 blocks total. It was a lot of work, but also a lot of fun!!

I stitched the blocks together to create a diamond design, but this can also be stitched to create zig-zags or chevrons, which I might try one day, when I have another stash of fabrics to use up!! It really is an effective design!!

I just got it back the other day from the quilters, in which they quilted with swirling daisies, and looks great!